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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Who was the lead attorney for the largest school segregation case ‘Fisher and Mendoza’ in the history of Arizona | Rubin Salter, Jr. |
| What retired principal with Tucson Unified School District was named the 1996 “Woman of the Year” by the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce | Dr. Anna Jolivet |
| What retired elementary school principal is also the only African American elected to the Tucson City Council, serving two terms in the 80’s | Dr. Charles “Chuck” Ford |
| Who was the first African American Chief of Police of Marana | Jeffrey Pridgett |
| What is the oldest Black church in Tucson, Arizona | Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church |
| Who was the first African American to graduate from the University of Arizona Law School and be admitted into the Arizona State Bar in 1948 | Hayzel Daniels |
| Name two TUSD schools that were named after a local African American | Morgan Maxwell, John Spring, Laura Banks, Johnson Primary |
| What was the segregated TUSD School that educated African American students up to High School and later became known as Spring Middle School | P.L. Dunbar |
| What African American woman was raised in Tucson Arizona and was selected as the first African American Assistant Superintendent in TUSD and retired from that position in 1982 | Dr. Laura Banks |
| What was the name of the Dunbar Jr. High School established in 1913 | The “Colored School” |
| Who was principal of Dunbar Jr. High School from 1940 to 1968 | Morgan Maxwell |
| From 1950-1992, Jack and Laura Banks owned and operated what restaurant | Jack’s Barbeque |
| What Arizona post was known as the traditional home of the Black Buffalo Soldiers | Fort Huachuca |
| What type of business did Al Longmire establish | Al’s Barbershop |
| On what date was the street named MLK Way dedicated in Tucson, Arizona | January 18, 2016 |
| What were the names of the two families that merged establishing the first Tucson Juneteenth Festival on “A Mountain” | Morris Doty and Bobby Ray Dixon |
| What Pinal County community began as a segregated town for African American cotton workers during the great migration | Randolph, Arizona |
| Who was the former slave said to be the first African American to set foot on Arizona soil | Esteban |
| In 1933, who was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Arizona | Elgie Battreu |
| Who was the first African American to be elected into the Arizona senate | Clovis Campbell, Sr. |
| In 1991, why did the NFL vote to move the 1993 Super Bowl out of Phoenix for this reason | Arizona did not recognize the MLK holiday |
| The Northwest Neighborhood Center was renamed what in honor of a longtime Tucson resident | The Donna Liggins Center |
| What social club provided entertainment for the local Black community | The Beau Brummel Club |
| Who was the first female and first African American female Chief of the Phoenix Police Department | Chief Jeri Williams |
| The African American family-owned Business of ATL Wings was started in 2012 in what city in Arizona | Chandler |
| The ATL Wings Franchise located on Fourth Ave. in Tucson is owned by what African American woman | Velveia Evans |
| What do the letters ATL stand for in the African American owned wing franchise | All the Luv |
| Who was the first (and only) African American person to be elected to the Tucson City Council | Dr. Charles Ford |
| What Tucson city park was named after a retired African American Tucson Unified School District elementary school principal and a former Tucson Vice Mayor | Chuck Ford Lakeside Park |
| What two City of Tucson Recreation Centers were named after African Americans | Donna Liggins, Fred Archer |
| Who was Arizona’s first African American novelist to publish a book | Margaret Campbell |
| What was unique about Margaret Campbell’s home | She resided on Tucson’s southside in an underground home she began digging herself |
| A resident in Tucson’s South Park Neighborhood, which community activist spearheaded the Low-Income Free Transportation Services program in 1965, now known as Sun Van | Quincie Bell (Sims) Douglas |
| Who is the African American man who started a Land Feed and Cattle Company and built his own town called Cowtown in 1976 | Edward Keeylocko |
| Who is the first African American woman to serve in the role of Chief Equity Officer in the City of Tucson and the youngest person in the country to serve in that role | Laurice Walker |
| Who owned the Mountain View Hotel located in Oracle Arizona which was the first local hotel owned by African Americans | William “Curly” and Annie Neal |
| On January 14, 2023 the African American History Museum of Southern Arizona was opened. Where is it located | University of Arizona Student Union, Room 244 |
| TUSD has been involved in a court desegregation case since 1974. The case began with a class-action lawsuit filed by parents of Latino and Black students against the district. What are the plaintiff's family names | Fisher & Mendoza |
| Which TUSD school with an African American quarterback won a State Football Championship in 2023 | Sabino HS |
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